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Atlanta United dropped a tough result to the New York Red Bulls in their inaugural MLS match. Thankfully there's 33 more matches left for the team to improve and get on the same page. There's no shame in losing to possibly the best team the East has had to offer over the last three seasons, but it would've been nice to cap an amazing night with that first win. While the result wasn't what we all had hoped for, but there were some very encouraging individual performances.
Man of the Match: Yamil Asad
The DSS community has voted in our post-match reaction thread and have chosen Yamil Asad (7.7) as their Man of the Match. He narrowly edged out Miguel Almiron (7.6) for the award. Asad also won the team's award, the Golden Spike.
Final Player Ratings
GK: Alec Kann - 5.7
RB: Tyrone Mears - 6.5
CB: Michael Parkhurst - 6.4
CB: Leandro Gonzalez Pirez - 6.4
LB: Greg Garza - 6.8
CM: Carlos Carmona - 4.9
CM: Julian Gressel - 5.9
RW: Hector Villalba - 6.0
CAM: Miguel Almiron - 7.6
LW: Yamil Asad - 7.7
ST: Josef Martinez - 6.9
SUB: Jeff Larentowicz - 5.2
SUB: Anton Walkes - 4.1
SUB: Kenwyne Jones - NR